Portable water-gas apparatus



O. H'ARASYTHY. PORTABLE WATER GAS APPARATUS.

Patented May 21 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HARASZ T HY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

PORTABLE WATER-GAS APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,362, dated May 21, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HARASZTI-IY, of San Francisco, in the countyof the same name, in the State of California, have invented a new andImproved Apparatus for Generating Gas from ater in Combination with AllKinds of Animal Otfal and Vegetable and Mineral Refuse; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description. thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, to the letters ofreference marked thereon, and the model. i

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar arrangement of anapparatus properly adapted to generate gas in cooking or parlor stoves.

To enable others skilled in the art to make use of my invention I willproceed to describe the construction of my apparatus and theprocess of,operation, and will commence here first with its application to acooking stove as represented by a model and Figures I, II, III, IV andat in the annexed drawings.

Fig. I represents the upper plate of the cooking stove; A, A,B, B, thefour circles. a, b, 0, cl, denote the openings usual in our cookingstoves to put in the boiler and other cooking vessels Z), d, &c., (saidopenings being provided with tightly closing covers.) 0,

is the oblong jet for receiving the stove pipe. Fig. II represents theprofile of said stove, A, A, is the lower, B, B, the upper and hinderpart of the surface plate; Z), and cl, the cooking vessels, (which canbe made visible here.) cylinders receiving the charcoal for thedecomposition of the steam. F, shows one open end of the oblong retortresting on a bed of fire-bricks p. Said retort deviates a little from ahorizontal position to give an easier egress to matters separated, asrosin, tar, &c. (See for this inclination Fig. IV.) g, is a cast irontubes end, which receives the steam from the boiler in order to increaseits degree of heat. it, h, divides the anterior part of the stove fromthe hinder one, to lead the draft around the retort. The collectingvessels for the eductions, the purifier and gasometer can be placed atthe convenience of any one. In the back part of the stove is 2', 2', 2',2', one of the doors of which two are required. The inner bakingroomcontains three grates K, K, K. Below the lowest of them is anothermovable e, c, are the ends of the grate to increase the heat, if wanted,with glowing coals; this grate Z, Z, is so construct ed as to be raisedor lowered at option by the screws t, t; m, is the door for putting thecoals on said grate; 7b, is the door of the ash-pit; an, 00, a sheetironplate closely fit ting to prevent the smoke from entering thebakingpartition. 0, is the jet for the stove pipe. 2", 2, are small cast irongrates to let the air through and keep the live coals between thecylinders e, e. s, is a prop for said grates.

Fig. III exhibits the lower front piece of the stove A, c, 20, g. f, isthe .door for the fuel and 0, that for the ash-pit. Both are providedwith a round opening and a plate y, y,'to be turned upon a pivot oversaid openings when needed to lessen or stop the draft;

Fig. IV' gives a View of thecast-iron retort F, and its slight deviationfrom a horizontal line. D, is the upper jet for the pipe leading intothe purifier; C, thelower jet for a pipe-piece through which the tar,rosin, &c., obtain their egress. The two dotted lines Q, Q, designatehow much of said re- Fig. 4, E, shows one of the two cast-iron stoppersfor the retort F. (Four others are required upon the same prlnclple andconstruction but corresponding in size with the cylinders e, 6, Figs. IIand V, for keeping them air tight.) 0, c is a round turned platethree-fourths of aninch thick, fitting exactly the ends of the retort F,likewise turned inside. S, S, S, S, is a round casting provided with arim (like the cover of a cup) with a knob II, in its center and severallittle holes, through which screws pass, I, I, to fasten the piece S, S,S, S, to the round plate 0, 0. The two intervals 2', 2', must becorresponding in dimension with the thickness of the turned ends of theretort. In the. rims s s notches must be left for the jets C, and D.

Fig. V represents a side view of the parlor stove. The retort F, thecylinders e, e, the opening for the tea kettle Z), are with the grates2", 2", the tube 9, the fire-brick bed 79, the prop s, and the partitionsheet h, h, the same as in the cooking stove, and explained parlor stovethe baking part is left out, and so the three openings for the pot,boiler and frying pan. The fire and smoke take their course here (asdesignated by arrows) ditort is within the inner compass of the stove.

there; here I have only to add that in the rectly into the stove pipe 0,0, after having finished their circulation around the retort F. 0, 0, 0,exhibits the stove pipe with its elbows la, is. A part, or nearly thewhole of this stove can be situated in a room or vestibule adjoining theparlor and heated from said places. That part conspicuous in the parlorcan be incased with Russian sheet iron Z, Z, Z, or a common one mountedwith brass or silver, leaving an empty room (Z, (Z, (Z, d, of two' orthree inches between said incasing, the stove and the stove pipe 0, 0.Said incasing contains an equal number of openings below and above forthe entrance of the cold air beneath and the egress of the heated airabove. These openings to be provided with shutters, m, w, w, as, totemper the heat. The legs u, u, can be made high enough to give roomunderneath for the purifier and other vessels, to restrict the whole toas narrow a compass as possible.

Fig. VI shows the notched end of a brick pas-pipe A, A, A, A. The firstinner circle a, a, a, a, encompasses the hollow of said pipe. 0, c, 0,0, is a notch between the circular level part 0, C, C, C. The cornernotches 03, d, d, d, are the deepest. The other end of the brick pipe isthe reverse of this. All what is here in basso is there in correspondingrelievo in order to make with cement an airtight whole. Fig. VII showssuch a brick laid with corners perpendicularly up and down, walled up tothe corners f, f. g, is the foundation brick with a triangular notch71..

Commencing the gas generating operation, the retort F is filled with theabove I I and purposes as herein before set forth.

named materials, the stoppers E, E, daubed with a mixture of clay, salt,ashes and water fixed on. The cylinders e, e, are filled with smallpieces of charcoal and capped alike air-tight. The fire in the stovebeing now lighted, and so soon as the charcoals in the cylinders becomeincandescent the 'communication between the boiling vessel 5, the

tube 9, and the cylinders e, e, is opened and the gas will commence toevolve itself, and will pass from the cylinders as well as fromtheretort through the purifier into the gasometer, while the cooking andbaking in the one, and the heating of the parlor by means of the otherstove takes place.

The merit of my invention consists in the fact of making at the cheapestrate possible illuminating gas available to every one who wishes to useit, by means of my apparatus peculiarly arranged for this purpose andapplicable on a larger or smaller scale under sundry circumstances; thento lead said gas in my earthen pipes at a much cheaper rate than throughiron ones to any place needed, and finally to gain simultaneouslywithout additional expenditure for fuel and some other requisites manyvaluable by-products heretofore not produced in this connection or inother gas-works.

I do not claim the method of generating gas from animal, vegetable ormineral matters in conjunction with water. Neither do I claim as mydevice separately the cylinders e, e, the retort F, the small tube 9,the tongue h, h or the movable grate Z, Z, Fig. II, nor the incasing Z,Z, F, V, and for the present the earthen pipes Figs. VI and VII.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-I The combination of the cylinders e,e,with the retort F, boiler b, andtube g, in connection with a stove used to produce gas as Well as forheating, cooking and baking, substantially as described, and for theuses San Francisco the 18th of February, 1860.

CHARLES HARASZTHY. a 8.

Witnesses: JAMES L. KING, F. I. THIBAULT.

